Method of stopping an absorption refrigerator

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EP 0 851 190 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/49

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/27

(21)	Application number: 97121665.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.12.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F25B 49/04, F25B 15/02, F25B 29/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.12.1996 JP 35645596

(71)	Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Suzuki, Akira 4-1 Chuo 1-chome, Wako-shi, Saitama (JP) Takaishi, Toshimitsu 4-1 Chuo 1-chome , Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74)	Representative: Füchsle, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Hoffmann Eitle, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	Method of stopping an absorption refrigerator

(57) After a running stop command is released, a pump P2 for transferring a solution from the absorber 2 to a regenerator 3 is kept running. The transfer of the solution permits separation of the solution from a refrigerant during non-operation of the refrigerator. The solution saved in the regenerator 3 remains at as a high concentration of the absorbent as that before the end of the operation while the refrigerant is saved in an evaporator 1. This enables the refrigerator to restart its normal operation corresponding to an operation start command.

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